diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Widgets/AvailabilityMapController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Widgets/AvailabilityMapController.php
index 72b321ab54..8cf252c0d3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Widgets/AvailabilityMapController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Widgets/AvailabilityMapController.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class AvailabilityMapController extends WidgetController
         if (! $settings['show_disabled_and_ignored']) {
             $device_query->isNotDisabled();
         }
-        $devices = $device_query->select(['devices.device_id', 'hostname', 'sysName', 'display', 'status', 'uptime', 'last_polled', 'disabled', 'ignore'])->get();
+        $devices = $device_query->select(['devices.device_id', 'hostname', 'sysName', 'display', 'status', 'uptime', 'last_polled', 'disabled', 'ignore', 'ignore_status'])->get();
 
         // process status
         $uptime_warn = (int) Config::get('uptime_warning', 86400);
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ class AvailabilityMapController extends WidgetController
             return ['disabled', 'blackbg'];
         }
 
+        if ($device->ignore_status) {
+            return ['ignored-up', 'label-success'];
+        }
+
         if ($device->ignore) {
             if (($device->status == 1) && ($device->uptime != 0)) {
                 return ['ignored-up', 'label-success'];
diff --git a/app/Models/Device.php b/app/Models/Device.php
index 30815f39a6..733eb32ccd 100644
--- a/app/Models/Device.php
+++ b/app/Models/Device.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Device extends BaseModel
         'display',
         'icon',
         'ignore',
+        'ignore_status',
         'ip',
         'location_id',
         'notes',
diff --git a/database/migrations/2024_01_04_195618_add_ignore_status_to_devices_tables.php b/database/migrations/2024_01_04_195618_add_ignore_status_to_devices_tables.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbee050bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2024_01_04_195618_add_ignore_status_to_devices_tables.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('devices', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('ignore_status')->default(false);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('devices', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('ignore_status');
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/includes/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php b/includes/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php
index c7da2598c7..7e52901ca6 100644
--- a/includes/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php
+++ b/includes/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ if (! empty($_POST['editing'])) {
         $device_model->purpose = $_POST['descr'];
         $device_model->poller_group = $_POST['poller_group'];
         $device_model->ignore = (int) isset($_POST['ignore']);
+        $device_model->ignore_status = (int) isset($_POST['ignore_status']);
         $device_model->disabled = (int) isset($_POST['disabled']);
         $device_model->disable_notify = (int) isset($_POST['disable_notify']);
         $device_model->type = $_POST['type'];
@@ -314,6 +315,17 @@ If `devices.ignore = 0` or `macros.device = 1` condition is is set and ignore al
                 ?> />
         </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="form-group">
+        <label for="ignore_status" class="col-sm-2 control-label" title="Tag device to ignore Status. It will always be shown as online.">Ignore Device Status</label>
+        <div class="col-sm-6">
+           <input name="ignore_status" type="checkbox" id="ignore_status" value="1" data-size="small"
+                <?php
+                if ($device_model->ignore_status) {
+                    echo 'checked=checked';
+                }
+                ?> />
+        </div>
+    </div>
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-md-1 col-md-offset-2">
             <button type="submit" name="Submit"  class="btn btn-default"><i class="fa fa-check"></i> Save</button>
diff --git a/misc/db_schema.yaml b/misc/db_schema.yaml
index eb5ca51b50..ee699803f4 100644
--- a/misc/db_schema.yaml
+++ b/misc/db_schema.yaml
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ devices:
     - { Field: port_association_mode, Type: int, 'Null': false, Extra: '', Default: '1' }
     - { Field: max_depth, Type: int, 'Null': false, Extra: '', Default: '0' }
     - { Field: disable_notify, Type: tinyint, 'Null': false, Extra: '', Default: '0' }
+    - { Field: ignore_status, Type: tinyint, 'Null': false, Extra: '', Default: '0' }
   Indexes:
     PRIMARY: { Name: PRIMARY, Columns: [device_id], Unique: true, Type: BTREE }
     devices_hostname_sysname_display_index: { Name: devices_hostname_sysname_display_index, Columns: [hostname, sysName, display], Unique: false, Type: BTREE }